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Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year.
A Day in the Life
At Medtronic Neuroscience, we bring innovation, expertise, and purpose together to improve outcomes and transform lives for people living with neurological, spine, and chronic pain conditions.
Our Neurovascular Operating Unit advances stroke and cerebrovascular care through innovative, minimally invasive technologies that enable rapid, life-saving intervention. From restoring blood flow to securing complex vascular conditions, our solutions help clinicians achieve better outcomes when every second counts.
In this role, the Senior Quality Engineer will provide engineering leadership for the evaluation and resolution of post-market product quality and safety issues across the Neurovascular portfolio. The engineer will apply product design knowledge, engineering analysis, risk management, statistics, and data analytics to characterize device performance, investigate field-reported failure modes, determine root cause, and assess potential patient and product impact. This role partners closely with R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, and Operations to translate post-market signals into technically sound risk controls, product improvements, and sustained product reliability while ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
This position is on-site in Irvine, CA 4 days/week, with the option to work 1 day/week of your choosing remote.
Responsibilities
Engineering Investigation and Issue Resolution:
•Lead engineering evaluations of post-market complaints and product performance signals, including assessment of device failure modes, use conditions, patient impact, and potential product risk.
•Plan and lead complex technical investigations using engineering problem-solving methods, product and process knowledge, returned-device analysis, test data, manufacturing records, and supplier information.
•Develop and document technically supported root cause and failure-mechanism conclusions, including clear evaluation of evidence, limitations, and residual uncertainty.
•Partner with R&D, Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Operations to define containment, product controls, corrective actions, and design or process improvements based on investigation findings.
Product Risk and Post-Market Engineering:
•Apply design control and risk management principles throughout the product lifecycle to evaluate whether post-market information changes known hazards, failure modes, risk estimates, or the adequacy of existing controls.
•Review and develop engineering test strategies, protocols, methods, and reports to ensure evaluations are technically appropriate, statistically sound, and sufficient to support quality and regulatory decisions.
•Perform complaint trending, signal detection, and data analysis to identify emerging product performance issues and distinguish meaningful signals from expected variation.
•Translate engineering evidence into clear technical recommendations for Product Evaluation Boards, health hazard analyses, product hold decisions, field corrective actions, and other escalation pathways.
•Use large and complex data sets to characterize failure patterns by product, lot, component, manufacturing process, clinical use, and other relevant engineering variables.
•Maintain strong working knowledge of Neurovascular device design, materials, manufacturing processes, clinical use, and applicable FDA and international medical device requirements and standards.
Required Qualifications
•4+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree OR 2+ years of experience with a Master's Degree OR 0+ years of experience with a Ph.D.
•Strong statistical data analysis skills with ability to analyze complex data sets.
•For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $98,400.00 - $147,600.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location.
Benefits available to regular employees working 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
Benefits available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
The application window for this opening is expected to close on 11 Nov 2026.
